Company formation in Portugal: what the services charge (2026)

You’ve decided on a Portuguese company. Now you’re looking at quotes that don’t add up the same way.

The published prices start at €600 for a single-owner company on a marketplace listing that doesn’t say whether tax or government fees are included.^[8] Our Startup plan is a fixed €970 ex VAT. Step Inside lists €1,000 + VAT, plus a €220 registration fee.^[5] AnchorLess says “From €1,000 to €2,000 in total”.^[1] Lexidy and e-Residence don’t publish a price.^[2][10]

But those totals don’t cover the same things. Some include the government fees. Some charge for the registered address separately, and some don’t say what’s in the price. So this post splits every quote into the same parts: service fee, government fees, company name, address, NIF, and what happens after registration.

We sell company formation too, so our plans are in the same table, with the same columns. Prices checked on 10 November 2026.

Neste guia7 sections

1. What do you pay for when you form a Portuguese company?
2. How much do Portugal company formation services charge in 2026?
3. What isn't in the headline price?
4. Which option fits your situation?
5. What should you ask any formation service before you pay?
6. When might another service suit you better?
7. Where does Novomove fit?

What do you pay for when you form a Portuguese company?

Whoever files for you, you pay a government incorporation fee, plus a name fee if you want your own name. You also need a registered address, and you put share capital into the company.

• Incorporation fee. The registry charges this to create the company. It’s €220 in our plan breakdown. Step Inside lists a €220 “Commercial registration fee”.^[5]
• Company name. You can pick a name from the registry’s pre-approved list, or file your own. Filing your own name costs €150 in our Custom plan breakdown, for the name admissibility certificate.
• Registered address. Your company needs a Portuguese address on file. You can use your own or rent one.
• Share capital. The legal minimum is €1 per shareholder. That money stays in the company, so you’re paying it into your own business. By default, our articles set the deposit deadline at the end of your first financial year.

Here’s how those parts add up in our three plans. All three use the same €750 service fee:

• Startup, €970 ex VAT. The €750 fee plus the €220 incorporation fee. Your name comes from the pre-approved list.
• Custom, €1,120 ex VAT. Startup plus €150 name admissibility, so you can file your own name.
• Premium, €1,330 ex VAT. Custom plus a registered business address for 6 months (€210). After that, it’s €35 a month, paid directly to the provider.

Our prices are shown without VAT. If your billing address is in the EU, you pay VAT at your country’s rate. If it’s outside the EU, you pay none.

Two costs come after registration: ongoing accounting and a business bank account. Neither is in any of our plans, and we cover both further down.

How much do Portugal company formation services charge in 2026?

Published prices run from €600 to “€1,000 to €2,000 in total”, and two providers publish none. The table shows what each one states on its own pages.

Provider	Published price	IVA	Government fees in the price?	Registered address	Stated time
Novomove	€970 Startup, €1,120 Custom, €1,330 Premium	Ex VAT	Yes: €220, plus €150 for your own name on Custom and Premium	Required; €210 for 6 months (included in Premium), then €35 a month	“a few weeks”
AnchorLess Company Concierge	“From €1,000 to €2,000 in total”, “On quote”[1]	VAT not stated	Yes, inside the lawyer’s part[1]	“paid separately”[1]	Depends on the registry, no figure[1]
Lexidy	Not published; fixed-price proposal after a free consultation[2]	n/a	Not stated	Not stated	“within a few weeks”[2]
Step Inside (via Step Inside Legal)	€1,000 + VAT, plus €220 “Commercial registration fee”[5]	+ VAT on €1,000; VAT not stated on €220	€220 fee listed separately[5]	Not stated	Not stated
MigRun team listing	€1,700[7]	VAT not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
MigRun independent lawyer listing	€600, Unipessoal company[8]	VAT not stated	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
e-Residence	Not published[9][10]	n/a	Not stated	Not stated	Statute usually sent “within 3 business days”, then registered “in one week” after you sign it[9]

Novomove

All three plans include the full legal process, your company documents and an accountant referral. You get your Certidão Permanente (the company’s official registry extract) and RCBE (beneficial owner declaration) in your dashboard.

AnchorLess

AnchorLess quotes “From €1,000 to €2,000 in total”, in two parts. You pay its concierge fee to AnchorLess and the lawyer’s fee directly to the lawyer, and the government fees sit inside the lawyer’s part.^[1] You pay for the registered address separately, “to the partner you choose”, and a NIF for partners and managers is an add-on.^[1]

Lexidy

Lexidy doesn’t publish a formation price. You book a free consultation, then receive “a fixed-price proposal”.^[2] Its online shop lists NIF and residence services for Portugal, with no company formation item.^[4] Its help page gives 2 to 4 weeks as a typical timeline for Portugal.^[3]

Step Inside

Step Inside lists “Company incorporation service: €1,000 + VAT” and a “Commercial registration fee: €220”. The work runs through its sister brand, Step Inside Legal, and covers document preparation, commercial registration, tax registration and coordination with its accounting team.^[5] Step Inside Legal’s own page asks you to submit a form for a personalised proposal.^[6]

MigRun

MigRun’s experts marketplace has two listings. The MigRun team’s own “Company Incorporation” listing costs €1,700, with nothing else itemised.^[7] A separate listing by an independent lawyer, “Opening a Unipessoal company”, costs €600. It lists a one-hour consultation, a POA, the company opening and the Certidão Permanente and RCBE requests, among other steps.^[8]

e-Residence

e-Residence doesn’t show a price until you enter your name, email, phone and country.^[10] It says the company statute is usually sent within 3 business days of applying, and the company is registered in one week after you sign it.^[9]

What isn’t in the headline price?

Check the address, the NIF, how you sign, the bank account and accounting, because the quotes above handle each one differently.

• Registered address. Every one of our plans needs a Portuguese registered address. With AnchorLess, you pay for it separately.^[1] Step Inside, MigRun, Lexidy and e-Residence don’t mention it on the pages we checked.
• A NIF for every shareholder. You need a Portuguese tax number on file before the company can be formed. If you don’t have one yet, you can get your NIF online first. AnchorLess sells it as an add-on, and e-Residence asks for it as one of your documents.^[1][9]
• How you sign. With us, you e-sign a power of attorney and don’t have to travel to Portugal. With AnchorLess, you sign the power of attorney before a notary in your country, with an apostille or legalisation, or at a Portuguese consulate.^[1]
• Business bank account. It isn’t included in any of our plans. e-Residence says a partnership lets it offer a simpler way to open a business bank account.^[9] Lexidy’s help page says opening a bank account may add time, especially if you’re from outside the EU.^[3]
• Ongoing accounting. It’s a separate monthly cost. Step Inside publishes its own from €250 + VAT a month, with up to 2 employees included.^[5] Once you’re set up, our calculadora salário ou dividendos shows how the two ways of paying yourself compare.

Which option fits your situation?

It depends on how many owners you have, the name you want, whether you have an address, and how fast you need it.

If you’re the sole owner

One owner forms a Unipessoal LDA. Two or more owners form an LDA. We file both types. MigRun’s €600 listing covers the Unipessoal company,^[8] and e-Residence forms an LDA with up to 4 shareholders or a single-owner company.^[9]

If you want your own company name

Your own name needs a name admissibility certificate. With us, that’s the Custom plan at €1,120 ex VAT. At AnchorLess, it sits inside the lawyer’s part “if own name”.^[1] The other providers don’t say on the pages we checked.

If you have no Portuguese address

You’ll need to add one. Our Premium plan includes a registered business address for 6 months. You can also add it to Startup or Custom for €210, and after 6 months it’s €35 a month.

If you need it registered quickly

Express registration costs an extra €220, paid to the government. It puts your file on the registry’s priority track. It’s a priority request, with no fixed date. Our guide on how long it takes to open a company in Portugal walks through each stage.

If you’re applying for a D2 visa

If you already run a business abroad, you can set up a new Portuguese company or a branch. Our guide on a new company or a branch for the D2 compares the two routes, so read it before you order.

What should you ask any formation service before you pay?

Ask what the total contains, line by line.

When might another service suit you better?

Another provider may suit you better in a few situations. Going by what each one publishes:

• Lexidy if you want its own lawyers to handle it, with offices in Lisbon and Porto.^[2] It also forms companies in Spain and France, if you need one there too.^[3]
• AnchorLess if you want to pick and pay your own lawyer or solicitador directly, with a coordinator alongside. You can bring your own, and the concierge part of the quote stays the same.^[1]
• Step Inside if you want incorporation and monthly accounting from the same group.^[5]
• e-Residence if you’d like its partner to help you open a business bank account as part of the process.^[9]

Where does Novomove fit?

Pick us if you want to know the full cost before you start, and you don’t want to travel or visit a notary. Licensed partner lawyers do the legal work under a power of attorney, which you e-sign.

Here’s what that means for you:

• One fixed price with the government fee in it. Startup is €970 ex VAT, and the €220 incorporation fee is already inside it. You see every line of the breakdown before you pay.
• No notary visit. You e-sign the power of attorney from wherever you are. With AnchorLess, you sign it before a notary in your country, with an apostille or legalisation, or at a Portuguese consulate.^[1]
• An address price you can see up front. Add a registered business address for €210 for 6 months, then €35 a month, or use your own. It’s already in Premium.
• You can register before you have a bank account. By default, your articles give you until the end of your first financial year to pay in the share capital.
• The next steps run through the same dashboard. Your NIF, your D2 visa if you need one, and the accountant introduction all go through one case manager.

What to plan around:

• Every shareholder needs a NIF first. It’s a separate service.
• A business bank account isn’t included in any plan.
• Accounting is a referral. We introduce you to an accountant, and their monthly fee is separate. If you’d rather have incorporation and monthly accounting from one group, Step Inside offers both.^[5]
• Most cases take a few weeks from payment to registered company.

Perguntas frequentes

How much does it cost to open a company in Portugal with a service?

Published service prices run from €600, for a single-owner company on a marketplace listing, to “€1,000 to €2,000 in total”. Our Startup plan is €970 ex VAT, including the €220 government incorporation fee. Lexidy and e-Residence don’t publish a price.

Is the government fee included in Novomove’s price?

Yes. Every plan includes the €220 incorporation fee, and Custom and Premium also include the €150 name admissibility fee.

Do I need a Portuguese address to register a company?

Yes. Every one of our plans requires a Portuguese registered address. You can use your own, or add a registered business address for €210 for 6 months, then €35 a month.

Do I need a NIF before forming a company?

Yes. Every shareholder needs a Portuguese NIF on file. If you don’t have one, get it before you order.

Tenho de viajar a Portugal?

No, not with us. You e-sign a power of attorney and partner lawyers file for you. AnchorLess asks you to sign before a notary in your country or at a Portuguese consulate.

How much share capital do I need?

The legal minimum is €1 per shareholder. It’s the company’s own money. By default, our articles set the deposit deadline at the end of your first financial year.

A conta bancária empresarial está incluída?

Não. A business bank account isn’t included in any of our plans. It’s a separate step after registration.

Does Lexidy publish its company formation price?

Não. Lexidy sends a fixed-price proposal after a free consultation. Its online shop has no company formation item for Portugal.

Does AnchorLess include the registered address?

Não. AnchorLess says the address is “paid separately, to the partner you choose”. Its NIF service is an add-on too.

Can I pay extra to register faster?

Yes. Express registration adds €220, paid to the government. It puts your file on the registry’s priority track. It’s a priority request, with no fixed date.

Can one person own a Portuguese company?

Yes. A single owner forms a Unipessoal LDA. Two or more owners form an LDA.

Sources and how we checked

We opened each provider’s own pages on the date shown below and copied the prices and wording as published. Our own figures come from our company formation page, checked the same day.

1. AnchorLess, Company Concierge Portugal, checked 10 Nov 2026.
2. Lexidy, Portugal company formation, checked 10 Nov 2026.
3. Lexidy, Help centre, checked 10 Nov 2026.
4. Lexidy, Online shop, checked 10 Nov 2026.
5. Step Inside Portugal, Step Inside Accounting, checked 10 Nov 2026.
6. Step Inside Legal, Company registration, checked 10 Nov 2026.
7. MigRun, Company Incorporation listing, checked 10 Nov 2026.
8. MigRun, Opening a Unipessoal company listing, checked 10 Nov 2026.
9. e-Residence, Portugal company creation, checked 10 Nov 2026.
10. e-Residence, Portugal company order form, checked 10 Nov 2026.